Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-05-21
On the Wing.


IN me so ! could not talk my.n Now
as am driving all day by myself and
u"h get to talk much, have io takc II
"T III "rllng as | am compelled TO LET
WI team IN some WAY, so this is nv
rAcuse Tor writing you so often. This
h"r'h MISS, country is 4 much heller
country Than | thought il was. There
"te new, nice country villa and
o'heF evidences o%fprospcIitv and thrift
""lonS Tue people, they have flourish.
'hS towns along the railroad; a great
aa'hy new anu freshly painted houses.
anu 'llS county has three Court Hous.
W. ~ TWO III actual use. One is Mt Old
"lIoia, one mile from Batcsville one
oI me present county sites This is ,
handsome building itself. and the
county mad i handsome brick residence
lor ihe sheriff, one wing OF which was
'Seh ior the Jail before the war. Al.
Ter me lads got into power they sold
out these buildings and built a hand.
some Court House in Sardis, and made
'''at the county site, and then a few
wears since the Democrats divided the
county mo two Court districts and
ou'it another Court House at Bates.
V'Ie. and now they tell me that since
thcy have Prohibition. they think they
VIII soon not need either of them. bat
De able to throw them into school
houses. Judge Roam SAYS Prohibition
a.oeS prohibit in his district, and that.
~ colScqucucothcrcOf Court EXPENSES
are greatly lesscned, that he used to
iloId TWO weeks at each place and now
ne can finish up in about four DAYS.
You can't buy whiskey from Memphis
TO Grenada and the most n~onrishing
towns | have cen are in this Prohibi.
non district. giving the lie to the as.
sertion that it will ruin 4 town to take
"hlskry ont Of it.
had the pleasure Of spending last
sunday with an old friend OF NV boy
hood days, Dallas Pack. The last time
/ met Dallas was at tie Memphis
Tournament in 'fj, both of us Contcas
ana hinghts on that occasion, Those
we're haIcvon days for ,s, and what a
pleasant change from marching and
lighting to picnickjng and courtinr,
Tie and | were bcardlcss bows then, for
| remember having photograph taken
tor my sweetheart and | told the artist
that It my mustachc did NOT show
would Know it was not a rood picture
and would not have it; it is hardly nee
essary to add that a mustachc was Il
prominent feature Of that picture and
gave entire satisfaction. Now after
twenty-five years | found Dallas 4
handsome, wcll-prcScryed man Of Tor.
summers, with an intelligent,
hospitahIe and sociablc ladv tor wife.
and five ch%ildrcn-0ne daughter mar.
ried; and | myself have a daughter
tWcn- oh, | always forget that Sue
She is ONLY eighteen. Dallas's
many friends will be glad to learn that
he iS doing well financially as well as
spiritually. He and his brother, Col.
man Pack, who Isl prosperous farmer
and lives on his fathers old place, with
mother. ten miles west Of Senate
bia are doing a fine business in Scna-
t0bia, and Dallas is and has been the
superintendent of the fine Methodist
;. school at that place for the last sew.
rn wears. Gov. Stands has a class in
this school Old Nathan Pack left
these boys legacy of honesty indus
try aud thrift, and right well have they
used il. If any OF your readers have
never heard Col. Pierce tell about
writing n letter TO old man Pack in
him that Edmund Townsend,
Dt Huntsville, Ala, had died and left
him a Legacy, they ought to dc so, as il
: n OF the Co.'s best,
Bob Patty and DR.. Hill are the best
mcn in orr county. | hardly
ever come to any village, however oh.
'rure, but what, as soon rs ! tell | am
rom Macon, some one will ask about
rue or the other Of them, knowing
hem either personally or by reputa-
ion. Both are popular gentlemen and
leSrrvedly so. Some OF the Chanrcry
Jerks over this way who are having
hot fight for n denomination. are
urprised to learn that Bob, after a
cnure of Office of twelve years, will
AVE no opposition for another term:
mt | tell them that NcXuhcc county is
the same sense that character
zcs Il firm or corporation in this mat
pr-when they get hold Of n man that
mts them, to hold on 10 him. Go it,
Bob, plenty of us would like to have
our place, but we are afraid to tackle
learn that | offended a certain can
.idate BY letting one Of his competi.
or> hitch his mule 10 my horse and
ide down to ShuquaIak with me in (
nv buggy. and saws shat if over | am Il
candidate he intends voting against
ne Now | used TO be prouder than j,
am now and said then that | did not :
yer want the vote Of a rccreant sol !
Ter. expect | vas wrong to say 50,
nj | wish this man to know that ! am
f the opinion that any office | could r
ct with his Influence, ! could get with =
Ut il. have not called any name,
NJ. as sam Jones SAYS, "he knows his
umhcr,' '.